Goodale Park getting a facelift

City Council members authorized $182,000 in capital spending last night for a landscaping project that will create a more formal entrance at the corner of Goodale and Park.

Click here for a look at the architect's drawing. It looks kind of like the entryway at the opposite corner of the park, at Buttles and Dennison.

Goodale Park is about to get a little more curb appeal.

City Council members authorized $182,000 in capital spending last night for a landscaping project that will create a more formal entrance at the corner of Goodale and Park.

Click here for a look at the architect's drawing. It looks kind of like the entryway at the opposite corner of the park, at Buttles and Dennison.

Public Service Director Mark Kelsey said the project will spruce up a corner of the park that lost a bit of land to I-670. It will feature an 11-foot arch (without lights) and a red-brick plaza leading to a relocated foot path into the park.

Kelsey said the project is being timed for completion -- weather permitting, of course -- before summer festival season. Columbus' Pride festival is expanding to two days this year (June 18 and 19), and ComFest will be in the park the following weekend (June 25-27).